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After a long pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Airdrie Irish football team returned to the turf on July 24. “There is a lot of rust that needs to come off,” said head coach Anton Bellot.

Four games into an abbreviated 2021 season, the Rockyview Knights are still trying to find their feet – and their first win.

Airdrie athlete Julia Foster is heading to the University of Prince Edward Island this fall to play basketball for the Panthers while studying kinesiology.

The provincial stage is set for some of Airdrie’s talented up and coming football players.

Cochrane’s junior B box lacrosse team kicked off a shortened 2021 season on July 4 with a 13-12 overtime loss to the Calgary Chill. The back-and-forth exhibition game, which the ‘Tips led until late in the third period, was played at the Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre in front of a large and enthusiastic crowd.

Two competitive dancers from Airdrie who have known each other since they were young kids are heading west to pursue their dreams of becoming professional dancers.

Photo gallery: Airdrie's Ed Eggerer Athletic Park played host to more than 400 U16 football players from throughout southern Alberta on July 3 and 4, as part of Football Alberta's tryouts for an upcoming provincial showcase in Red Deer.

The Airdrie BMX track in Fletcher Park experienced a partial collapse on June 24, temporarily setting back operations as the crew scrambled to find a fix.

Airdrie will be teeming with football players from July 2 to 4, when the city hosts the tryouts for an upcoming provincial showcase event.

With youth sports allowed under Stage 2 of the Alberta government's reopening plan, all systems are go for Airdrie’s young lacrosse players this summer.